Side by side we toiled both night and day

Digging and clawing through brick and clay

Deep beneath the rubble we heard a feeble cry

But we could not reach the source of that fading sigh

Working on with heavy heart our efforts wouldn’t cease

Until the battered victim was uncovered from the final piece

Bloodied, broken, recognition beyond grasp of our memory

Yet with weary faith and struggling hope we picked up society

She was severely battered, bruised, and anguished too

We cleansed her wounds, and made a vow to see her through

We stood together and propped her up, unsteady from her fall

But with a united spirit and actual truth she shall recover from it all